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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization study of the fouling build-up on a RO membrane for pretrated olive mill wastewater purification [PDF]

, 2017
Even though membranes are considered in many aspects a mature technology, a range of features are still in development and under investigation. Regarding this, the main handicap of this technology is inevitably membrane fouling.
Martínez-Férez, Antonio, Ochando-Pulido, Javier M., Stoller, Marco   +2 more
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Groundwater utilization practices for irrigation systems in east Hararghe zone, Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020
Groundwater irrigation plays a critical role to improve food security and livelihoods of rural communities. However, proper utilization of groundwater remains a major constraint for farmers involved in irrigated agriculture.
Mideksa Fufa Jilito, Desalegn Yadeta Wedajo, Bekele Wegi Feyisa, Tsegaye Woldatsadik Tuke   +3 more
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Going uphill : design of an alternative narrative of family farmers collective action in large-scale irrigation schemes in Morocco [PDF]

, 2010
Family farmers have limited voice in the decision?making process regarding water services and agroindustrial production in large?scale irrigation schemes in Morocco.
Dumora, Catherine, Errahj, Mostafa, Faysse, Nicolas, Kemmoun, Hassane, Kuper, Marcel   +4 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency of Irrigation Associations in Gediz Basin, Turkey

Journal of Polytechnic, 2017
This study concerns the determination of the technical efficiency of irrigation associations (IAs) located in the Gediz Basin in Turkey. For this purpose, 10 IAs operating in the Gediz Basin were evaluated with the use of input oriented DEA model which considers two inputs: water volume supplied (m 3 ) and total irrigated area (m 2 ), and one output ...
Yılmaz, Barış, Atmaca, Kazım
openaire   +3 more sources

Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water governance and gender in the irrigation sector. A case study in Chiapas, Mexico.

Tecnología y ciencias del agua, 2011
This article discusses how gender segregation is expressed and recreated in water management in formal decision-making institutions in the Cuxtepeques Irrigation District 101, located in the municipality of La Concordia, Chiapas.
Laura Elena Ruiz Meza
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